Dionne Reynolds

Niche Publications Copy Editor

Summary

Accomplished, thorough journalist offering 18 years of writing, editing and leadership experience, with a vast knowledge of world events, unmatched technology skills and a passion for a digital-first environment.

Work experience

September 2016May 2017

Niche Publications Copy Editor

Consistently is the go-to person for cleanly edited stories, ensuring that the content is free of spelling, grammatical and factual errors, is well-written, and meets the highest standard of balance, fairness, literary presentation and Associated Press style for the weekly Jupiter Courier Newsweekly, Your News, the Vero Newsweekly and various specialty publications.

December 2012September 2016

Lead Multiplatform Editor

Led the Multiplatform Editing Desk at night by planning story priorities and managing nighttime operations for The Stuart News, the Indian River Press Journal, the St. Lucie News-Tribune.

Organized and scheduled employees' tasks and managed page flow.

Analyzed and adjusted the production process to enhance efficiency to maximize deadline results.

Updated TCPalm.com and the paper’s Facebook and Twitter sites, posting news stories with reader-enticing headlines, photos, galleries, maps, and embedded documents; prioritized top stories on the homepage; and monitored and updated traffic and weather stories.

Improved grammatical, spelling and compositional clarity of local, freelance and wire stories, graphics and photo cutlines by reviewing and evaluating written content, and designed pages for the three local papers, and the Anderson (South Carolina) Independent-Mail.

Selected wire stories and photos for the four newspapers, evaluating the needs and interests of the public.